It’s not the first time Piers has taken a swipe at Ant. Earlier this year he said the troubled star did not “deserve sympathy” after Ant was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months after he pleaded guilty to drink driving.

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During a discussion about the TV presenter’s court case on ‘Good Morning Britain’, Piers said: “He does not deserve sympathy… I have partied with him in the past.”

Piers, who worked alongside Ant when he was a judge on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, previously claimed the presenter was “not the guy he knows” following his fall from grace.

“He’s definitely changed, no question,” Piers said. “I’ve known Ant a long time and I like him very much, but I wonder if he’s getting a little bit too much of arm round, ‘are you OK, mate?’ and not enough, ‘mate, what are you doing?’”

“This Ant McPartlin is not the guy I know. His life is faltering and tormented for some reason. I’d like to see him off TV for a long time as he came back too soon [after rehab].”